Those of you with a truck

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If you're looking at newer, the Tundras and Titans are definitely in play. My buddy has a Tundra and it is freaking huge.

If I was getting a truck, I'd want to take it on the beach and in the woods and therefore wouldn't really want a new one.

My dad has an '03 Chevy Z71 extended cab that's loaded. I've considered buying it from him, but honestly I don't really need it. It's significantly bigger than my current vehicle (which is an Explorer) and although the gas mileage is probably the same, I just can't justify a new payment since the Explorer is paid off. That Chevy is a nice truck... if was buying a newer one, I would definitely go Chevy/GMC over Ford... but would consider the foreign models too just because they are so nice.

Those new GM quad cabs are nice and like you Hawk, I really love the way the new Dodge's look too. Like I said, tons of choices.

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I plan to get a new 1500 silverado in about five years. The current one is at about 105,000 right now, and my dad's 72 C10 made it to well over 250k with just routine maintenance. And he sold it for more than what he paid for it after owning it 10 years. So I've got plenty of miles left I think, and trade in value will still be decent.

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Yep, we had a '82 Ford F150 at the company I worked for in college in 1993... we beat the hell out of that truck... hauling, towing, racing, and it would just go and go. It had about 300K miles on it when I last drove it, was all beat to hell and ran strong as the first day I got in it.

A few years later I bought a '84 from my FiL with that same motor and it was awesome. That truck would do anything.

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I went to a Nissan dealer and the sales dude told me not to consider a Titan....and I was like, WHAT? you sell them and you are telling me not to consider it??? he said, I'll sell you a Maxima or any other car, but I don't like selling the Titans because we have so many problems with them...true story!!!

Interesting opinion on the Dodge...we see alot of them in this area as fleet trucks in the oil biz too...I always thought it was because they were tough...but I never considered the 100,000 mile thing.

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I went to a Nissan dealer and the sales dude told me not to consider a Titan....and I was like, WHAT? you sell them and you are telling me not to consider it??? he said, I'll sell you a Maxima or any other car, but I don't like selling the Titans because we have so many problems with them...true story!!!

Interesting opinion on the Dodge...we see alot of them in this area as fleet trucks in the oil biz too...I always thought it was because they were tough...but I never considered the 100,000 mile thing.

I'm over 30,000 miles and haven't had a problem yet. My neighbor has 150K on his and no problems, just routine maintenance.

*knocks on wood*

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Our fleet vehicles are driven by dozens of different people with different driving styles... Some may be extra tough on them... From the way they treat the interior, I'm not surprised some of the cheap body stuff doesn't hold up... Same may be true for the stuff under the hood...